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Smartphone Screening for Neonatal Jaundice via Ambient-subtracted Sclera Chromaticity by Outlaw, Felix; Nixon, Miranda; Odeyemi, Oluwatobiloba; MacDonald, Lindsay W.; Meek, Judith; Leung, Terence S.; Lam, Wilbur is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Smartphone Screening for Neonatal Jaundice via Ambient-subtracted Sclera Chromaticity about?
Jaundice is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in the newborn. Globally, early identification and home monitoring are significant challenges in reducing the incidence of jaundice-related neurological damage. Smartphone cameras are promising as colour-based screening tools as they are low-cost, objective and ubiquitous. We propose a novel smartphone method to screen for neonatal jaundice by imaging the sclera. It does not rely on colour calibration cards or accessories, which may facilitate its adoption at scale and in less economically developed regions. Our approach is to explicitly address three confounding factors in relating colour to jaundice: (1) skin pigmentation, (2) ambient light, and (3) camera spectral response. (1) The variation in skin pigmentation is avoided by imaging the sclera. (2) With the smartphone screen acting as an illuminating flash, a flash/ no-flash image pair is captured using the front-facing camera. The contribution of ambient light is subtracted. (3) In principle, this permits a device- and ambient-independent measure of sclera chromaticity following a one-time calibration. We introduce the concept of Scleral-Conjunctival Bilirubin (SCB), in anal
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- Author
- Outlaw, Felix; Nixon, Miranda; Odeyemi, Oluwatobiloba; MacDonald, Lindsay W.; Meek, Judith; Leung, Terence S.; Lam, Wilbur
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science; San Francisco CA: Public Library of Science; Publons; ScienceOpen; Public Library of Science (PLoS) (ISSN 1932-6203)
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)